Open Book Touch: open-source e-reader (www.crowdsupply.com)

Lego building instructions through time (www.lego.com)

Texas wins court order to suspend domain name for violating age-verification law (www.texasattorneygeneral.gov)

FAA lets Boeing sign off on 737 MAX, 787 airworthiness certificates again (www.cnbc.com)

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First atmosphere found on Earth-like planet in habitable zone of distant star (www.bbc.com)

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Warren Buffett will seine Berkshire-Anteile bis 2034 spenden, Gates-Stiftung geht leer aus (www.bloomberg.com)

Reform UK’s Widdecombe Murdered in ‘Targeted Attack,’ Police Say (www.bloomberg.com)

Small Amount of Nvidia AI Chips Shipped to China With US License (www.bloomberg.com)

Honduras Launches Bond Buyback, Looks to Sell New Global Debt (www.bloomberg.com)

Warsh Vows to Keep Politics Out of the Fed and Follow the Data (www.bloomberg.com)

Trump descarta recargo del 20% a cargamentos que transita por Ormuz (www.bloomberg.com)

London’s IPO Revival Gets Kicked to 2027 (www.bloomberg.com)

Oil Pares Gains as Trump Backs Off 20% Fee for Hormuz Shipments (www.bloomberg.com)

Francisco Partners Nears 1.3 Billion Deal to Buy Construction Software Maker Command Alkon (www.bloomberg.com)

Second Fatal ICE Shooting in Days Roils New Enforcement Push (www.bloomberg.com)

Thomson Reuters to Sell Stake in Legal, Tax Business to KKR (www.bloomberg.com)

Five Ways Putin Is in Trouble Over His War in Ukraine (www.bloomberg.com)

Trump Backs Off 20% Fee for Strait of Hormuz Shipments (www.bloomberg.com)

London Startup Buys Dutch Competitor in Carbon-Capture Deal (www.bloomberg.com)

Carroll’s 5.6 Million from Trump Paid in Sexual-Abuse Case (www.bloomberg.com)

DeepSeek estaría en preparativos para salida a bolsa en China en 2027 (www.bloomberg.com)

Major US Power Sale to Show Depth of Eastern Grid’s Tight Supply (www.bloomberg.com)

BOE’s Bailey Says Rates Would Respond to an AI Bubble Bursting (www.bloomberg.com)

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India’s Udaan Secures 160 Million to Boost Finances Before IPO (www.bloomberg.com)

Fuel Markets in US and Europe Are Flashing Record Tightness (www.bloomberg.com)

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Atlantic Reads: The Small Stuff With Ian Bogost (www.theatlantic.com)

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Susan Collins Is Not Concerned About Election Denial (www.theatlantic.com)

Trump’s Election-Interference Plan Is Failing (www.theatlantic.com)

One Novelist’s Great Evolution (www.theatlantic.com)

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The Researchers Who Want Dads-to-Be to Stop Drinking (www.theatlantic.com)

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The Odyssey Was Never About the Gods (www.theatlantic.com)

When Did Sports Get So Loud? (www.theatlantic.com)

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Trump Has Only Terrible Choices With Iran (www.theatlantic.com)

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Trump Just Did More Damage to Elections Than China (www.theatlantic.com)

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Space start-up launches India’s first commercial rocket designed for orbit (www.bbc.co.uk)

Control, threats, disfiguring surgery: My life inside Jeffrey Epstein''s ''cult'' (www.bbc.co.uk)

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He made history in Congress - then the Supreme Court changed its mind (www.bbc.co.uk)

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US strikes hit Iran for seventh consecutive night (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Trump threatens to tariff Canada over wildfire smoke choking northern US cities (www.bbc.co.uk)

One anti-war critic fined, another held as Russia clamps down on opponents (www.bbc.co.uk)

Many Ukrainian soldiers outraged over removal of defence minister, troops tell BBC (www.bbc.co.uk)

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I wouldn''t marry him until he paid off his debt, now I''m in charge of our money (www.bbc.co.uk)

Trump Media to sell early access to key social posts (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Russia is losing its grip on Crimea (bit.ly)

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Europe seems set to ease its carbon pricing (bit.ly)

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Emo culture was not just a phase, as it turns out (bit.ly)

Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada (arstechnica.com)

The Pentagon''s Space Development Agency hasn''t moved as fast as anyone would like (arstechnica.com)

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Troubling new details emerge on diabetes ouster controversy (arstechnica.com)

Will Russia''s answer to the Falcon 9 rocket ever take flight? (arstechnica.com)

Fubo hikes prices by 15 after restoring some NBCU channels lost in November (arstechnica.com)

San Francisco orders Apple, Google to remove nudify apps from app stores (arstechnica.com)

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The report oil companies are worried about: Climate attribution science (arstechnica.com)

FCC took pricey gifts from Paramount as the company needed approval for deals (arstechnica.com)

2026 Lucid Gravity Touring review: A strong act 2 (arstechnica.com)

Rocket Report: India''s Vikram-1 nears debut flight; AST to become rocket company? (arstechnica.com)

SpaceX scrubs Starship launch after some of its engines didn''t start (arstechnica.com)

Two Trump health nominees crash and burn in tense Senate hearing (arstechnica.com)

HP fined 1.4 billion rupees for “cartelization” of ink cartridges, toner, PCs (arstechnica.com)

T-Mobile bungled forced plan migration, canceling some users'' free lines (arstechnica.com)

It''s official: EU will force Google to share search data and open up AI on Android (arstechnica.com)

xAI can’t deny Grok makes CSAM anymore. So it’s suing users. (arstechnica.com)

Fear of humanoid robots spurs human workers to strike at Hyundai auto factory (arstechnica.com)

Trump teleprompter aide made 100,000 betting on what Trump would say, reports say (arstechnica.com)

2026 Toyota RAV4 plug-in: Big battery means daily drives are all-electric (arstechnica.com)

Now, even Russia''s most elite hackers are using Clickfix to infect devices (arstechnica.com)

Linus Torvalds to critics of AI coding in Linux: "Fork it. Or just walk away." (arstechnica.com)

An AI coworker with its own cloud computer (www.producthunt.com)

Fast & precise 3D CAD built natively for iPad and Mac (www.producthunt.com)

Your teachable AI intern for everyday browser work (www.producthunt.com)

See the biggest startup yappers on X/Twitter (www.producthunt.com)

A local-first whiteboard studio for teachers and creators (www.producthunt.com)

Your AI data analyst, now with ideas of its own. (www.producthunt.com)

Your context, available to every agent. (www.producthunt.com)

Pull your calendar availability in 3 seconds (www.producthunt.com)

Keep any Mac window visible in a floating mini screen (www.producthunt.com)

The world''s first open 3T-class model (www.producthunt.com)

AI sales platform for modern B2B teams (www.producthunt.com)

Shared memory across all apps and LLMs. In Claude (www.producthunt.com)

Connect your X bio to your MRR and GA4 for auto updates (www.producthunt.com)

Your AI agent for autonomous web app testing (www.producthunt.com)

Turn a Reddit complaint into your next company (www.producthunt.com)

Email for AI agents. They sign up, send and reply. (www.producthunt.com)

Tactile controls for your Codex agents (www.producthunt.com)

AI account executives that demo and close B2B deals (www.producthunt.com)

Build AI-driven workflows across 1,000 apps (www.producthunt.com)

Private inference for coding agents (www.producthunt.com)

Turn any goal into a personalized, adaptive learning path. (www.producthunt.com)

AI schedules your whole week to take action (www.producthunt.com)

Time-stamped feedback on your video frm your team & AI. Free (www.producthunt.com)

Tinder for developers! Find coding partners & build together (www.producthunt.com)

World Cup 2026 latest: buildup to France v England third-place playoff and Spain v Argentina final (www.theguardian.com)

Hagitude author Sharon Blackie: ‘At 60 I wasn’t ready to give up, I was just starting’ (www.theguardian.com)

‘Without this it’s all just tourists’: the fight to save Soho’s last primary school (www.theguardian.com)

Spain’s Mikel Merino: ‘The focus is on being a good human first, then a good footballer’ (www.theguardian.com)

Cold War Steve on … Don Quixote and Sancho Panza coming to save the World Cup (www.theguardian.com)

Tuchel would rather put down the English game than admit to his own cowardice Jonathan Liew (www.theguardian.com)

Six political headaches Andy Burnham must tackle in his first weeks as PM (www.theguardian.com)

London Underground users should know about toxic dust risk, whistleblower says (www.theguardian.com)

What links cricket clothing, Delta music and Polanski? The Saturday quiz (www.theguardian.com)

Trump praises Balogun decision, repeats 2020 election falsehoods in appearance with Infantino (www.theguardian.com)

Farage’s furious clash with Times editor stuns figures close to him (www.theguardian.com)

Pompeii: Out of Time With Tom Hiddleston – the tale of ordinary Romans’ hopeless heroism is tearjerking television (www.theguardian.com)

The Guide #252: Christopher Nolan forces all rivals to flee as he dominates the battle of the blockbusters (www.theguardian.com)

Israeli ministers announce plan for new illegal settlements in Gaza and West Bank (www.theguardian.com)

‘He is pure history’: Scaloni pays tribute to Messi before World Cup final (www.theguardian.com)

‘He knows what he thinks’: how ready is Andy Burnham to become PM? (www.theguardian.com)

It’s time to admit it: my dog has a bigger social network than me (www.theguardian.com)

Blind date: ‘We swapped numbers. I think that sends out good vibes, no?’ (www.theguardian.com)

Meera Sodha’s recipe for roasted Greek salad with orzo Meera Sodha recipes (www.theguardian.com)

The end of term is when the real work begins: the Becky Barnicoat cartoon (www.theguardian.com)

Trump, not Iran, is the world’s greatest danger. He’s a one-man weapon of mass destruction Simon Tisdall (www.theguardian.com)

‘It’s only going to get worse’: wildfires forcing firefighters to make impossible choices (www.theguardian.com)

Six great reads: flight attendant confessions, culture wars and Sam Neill’s final interview (www.theguardian.com)

Revealed: the top 10 UK cities for first-time buyers (www.theguardian.com)

7 Americans Sent to Disputed Kenya Ebola Site After New Trump Travel Ban (Gift Article) (www.nytimes.com)

Trump Pursues a Deeper Bond With China’s Leader, Despite Hostile Speech (Gift Article) (www.nytimes.com)

White Lasagna Recipe • 4 (nyti.ms)

Rhode Island Man Who Fled 2005 Rape Trial Is Arrested in New York (nyti.ms)

U.S. Forest Service Employees Are Freed After 15-Hour Hostage Ordeal (nyti.ms)

Has the World Cup Turned Me Into … a Sports Guy? (Gift Article) (nyti.ms)

Remains of California Millionaire Who Vanished 45 Years Ago Are Identified (trib.al)

Trump’s Obsession With Relitigating the 2020 Election Carries a Cost for Democracy (www.nytimes.com)

South Carolina Man Who Fired Rifle to Scare a Black Neighbor Gets 9 Years (nyti.ms)

Meta in Talks to Lease Computing Power to Anthropic in Potential 10 Billion Deal (www.nytimes.com)

Map: 7.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Off Mexico''s Coast (www.nytimes.com)

Trump Live Updates: DHS Secretary Echoes Misleading Election Security Claims From Trump''s Speech (www.nytimes.com)

Opinion Can Democrats Finally Understand the Latino Voter in an Era of Mass Deportations? (www.nytimes.com)

Taylor Farms to Remove Products After Lettuce Is Linked to Cyclospora Cases (trib.al)

Wildfire Smoke Maps and Live Updates: Air Quality at Dangerous Levels in U.S. and Canada (trib.al)

In One of Houston’s Oldest Latino Barrios, Mourning After ICE Shooting Mixed With Fear and Anger (Gift Article) (www.nytimes.com)

When a World Cup Team Needs a Trim, the Barbershop Comes to Them (www.nytimes.com)

What to Know About the New Cholesterol Pill and How it Compares to Statins (www.nytimes.com)

Taking Out the Trash: These Old Ladies Are Cleaning Up Cape Cod (www.nytimes.com)

Trump Promised Proof of Election Tampering. His Document Release Fell Far Short. (www.nytimes.com)

Andy Burnham Becomes Labour Leader and Is Set to Be UK Prime Minister: Live Updates (www.nytimes.com)

Japan Passes New Law Banning Flag Desecration in Nationalist Push (nyti.ms)

How to DIY an Air Purifier (nyti.ms)

Hundreds of Rohingya Feared Drowned at Sea (www.nytimes.com)

What to Expect From Fortinet''s Q2 2026 Earnings Report (finance.yahoo.com)

What You Need to Know Ahead of Trimble''s Earnings Release (finance.yahoo.com)

KORE Group Stockholders Clear Merger With Searchlight, Abry-Backed Entities (finance.yahoo.com)

US Dollar Price Forecast: Retail Sales Boost DXY – What’s Next for GBP/USD and EUR/USD? (finance.yahoo.com)

Ask an Advisor: Should We Tap 1.2 Million in IRAs to Build an Emergency Fund With Only 10k in Cash? (finance.yahoo.com)

Shein secures nod from Hong Kong listing committee for IPO, sources say (finance.yahoo.com)

Explainer-China''s oil imports have plunged during the Iran war. How much will they recover? (finance.yahoo.com)

Louis Vuitton’s China Dilemma: Protect the Monogram, Risk the Narrative (finance.yahoo.com)

Netflix Reported Record Quarterly Revenue of 12.6 Billion, but Guidance Came in Below Expectations. Here’s What It Means for Investors. (finance.yahoo.com)

United Airlines stark warning could make your next flight more expensive (finance.yahoo.com)

Celebrity-Backed Indonesia Coffee Chain Meets Banks for Potential IPO (www.wsj.com)

''Big Short'' Investor Steve Eisman Says AI Has ''No Moats,'' Which Is ''Not A Recipe For Longevity'' (finance.yahoo.com)

2 Stocks Down 44% and 30% to Buy Right Now and Hold for the Next Decade (finance.yahoo.com)

As Nikkei Bleeds, Kioxia’s Boom-to-Bust Highlights Dangers of This AI Cycle (finance.yahoo.com)

Brookfield Wealth Solutions Wins Shareholder Approval for Brookfield Corp. Tie-Up (finance.yahoo.com)

Volvo Cars posts smaller profit for the second quarter (finance.yahoo.com)

Analysis-Among AI crowd, some investors position for slower hyperscaler spending growth (finance.yahoo.com)

Uniper Commits 5 Billion to Flexible Power and Energy Transition (finance.yahoo.com)

The sell-off for AI stars worsens, while oil prices keep jumping (finance.yahoo.com)

The New Retirement Plan: Living out of a Suitcase (finance.yahoo.com)

Eli Lilly to Pay up to 3.8B for AtaiBeckley in Big Pharma’s Latest Psychedelic Foray (finance.yahoo.com)

Netflix Stock Sinks After Third-Quarter Revenue Guidance Misses Estimates (finance.yahoo.com)

Why Abbott Stock Jumped Today (finance.yahoo.com)

Should You Buy Intuitive Surgical With the Stock Down 35%? Here''s What History Says. (finance.yahoo.com)

Fosnie – open-source self-hosted AI workspace for regulated teams (fosnie.dev)

Yapp.page, publish a webpage from a Claude or ChatGPT chat (yapp.page)

Free image tools that never upload your files (pixoratools.dev)

DeskMakeover – Restyle every Windows desktop icon in one click (dm.xiaominglab.com)

NS6 – Find your perfect domain (www.ns6.com)

Blockbeam – A block puzzle game built with React Native (play.google.com)

Fitbod Meets Duolingo (cooltivo.io)

A local browser extension that protects critical thinking from LLM''s (frog1230.itch.io)

Learn hadware digital design online (VHDL, systemverilog) (risingedge.pro)

The Port Index – 3,804 seaports and 9,640 airports, scored (www.theportindex.online)

How we review 400k lines of Go code nobody has seen (www.spacemolt.com)

Like Claude Code for Images (visuali.io)

Tests.ws – WebSocket testing tools, language guides, Chrome extension (tests.ws)

Aurora DSQL: Scalable, Multi-Region OLTP (arxiv.org)

A Road to Lisp: Which Lisp (scotto.me)

Scala on Go (github.com)

Classic console tech tricks (www.youtube.com)

GHC Status Report (www.youtube.com)

Another Taste of Verse (www.youtube.com)

topcoat: A batteries-included framework for building web apps (github.com)

Enterprise Haskell at H-E-B (blog.haskell.org)

The Java Story The Official Documentary (www.youtube.com)

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Journey to Root, Episode I: The Maglev King (blog.calif.io)

We are Changing our Developer Productivity Experiment Design (metr.org)

Freya 0.4 - Rust GUI library (freyaui.dev)

Trump’s Week of Policy U-Turns and Election Allegations (on.wsj.com)

When One Nanny Isn’t Enough, ‘CEO Parents’ Hire a Whole Team (on.wsj.com)

How the U.S. Lost the World Cup—and Won Over the World (www.wsj.com)

The U.K. Gets Another New Leader on Monday. His First Task: Reassure the Markets. (on.wsj.com)

A Monster Pile of Airline Points Is Supercharging Summer Travel (on.wsj.com)

This Shortcut to Private-Equity Riches Is Minting Young Millionaires (on.wsj.com)

Trump Stirs China Tensions With Claims That It Meddled in U.S. Elections (on.wsj.com)

Gas Prices Will Stay Higher for Longer, Even if Oil Falls (on.wsj.com)

SEC Flooded With Complaints Over Plan to Scrap Required Quarterly Earnings (on.wsj.com)

China’s Two-Speed Economy Pairs High-Tech Success With Domestic Gloom (on.wsj.com)

Takeaways From Trump’s Speech on Election Integrity (on.wsj.com)

Trump’s Tightening Squeeze on Iran Will Heap More Pain on Its Battered Economy (on.wsj.com)

Trump Ramps Up Efforts to Sow Doubt About 2020 Election, Press for New Voting Laws (on.wsj.com)

The Sky Was the Limit For Turning Offices Into Apartments—Until Some Columns Buckled (www.wsj.com)

U.S. Targets Iranian Bridges in Bid to Choke Off Regime’s Supply Routes (on.wsj.com)

Boomers Were Supposed to Downsize. They Are Buying Bigger Homes Instead. (on.wsj.com)

Health Authorities Link Parasitic Outbreak to Lettuce From Taylor Farms, Taco Bell (on.wsj.com)

The Inside Story of IBM’s Shocking Profit Warning (on.wsj.com)

The British Open Is About to Get Ugly—and Really Weird (on.wsj.com)

The Historic Chicago Suburb Where Million Dollar Homes Sell in a Week (on.wsj.com)

UnitedHealth Results Handily Beat Wall Street Expectations (on.wsj.com)

Trump’s Man in Canada Practices a No-Holds-Barred Diplomacy (on.wsj.com)

China Wants More Babies—So It’s Cracking Down on Chatbot Love Affairs (on.wsj.com)

Controlling Hormuz Would Take More U.S. Troops—and Even More Risk (on.wsj.com)

A data center bathhouse? Architects are rethinking what AI infrastructure owes its neighbors. (www.businessinsider.com)

The mayor of SF has a message after Waymo''s July 4 meltdown: ''Prove it before you deploy it'' (www.businessinsider.com)

What to know about Taylor Farms, the Taco Bell lettuce supplier linked to the cyclosporiasis outbreak (www.businessinsider.com)

Marines launched drones from a moving helicopter to scout a ship for seizure training (www.businessinsider.com)

Anthropic reveals it will pay 600,000 for someone to shape its tricky IPO story (www.businessinsider.com)

Roblox wants kids to vibe-code their own video games (www.businessinsider.com)

Xi Jinping calls for more open-source AI: ''China is ready to be more open'' (www.businessinsider.com)

Tesla''s newest set of wheels is a 225 bike for toddlers (www.businessinsider.com)

SpaceX short sellers are up 5 billion as the stock sinks on fading IPO hype (www.businessinsider.com)

I tried on linen pants at Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic. There was only one pair I wouldn''t consider buying. (www.businessinsider.com)

I sold my dream home and moved into an apartment less than half the size. It was tough, but I''m happy in a smaller space. (www.businessinsider.com)

Taco Bell and other major chains are taking a hit from the cyclospora outbreak, early foot traffic data shows (www.businessinsider.com)

3 reasons China''s Kimi K3 is turning heads in Silicon Valley (www.businessinsider.com)

Satellite images show how Russia is winning the race for the Arctic as the US plays catch-up (www.businessinsider.com)

Mark Cuban laid out why he thinks companies should give all employees stock (www.businessinsider.com)

SpaceX stock drops to a new low and loses 1 trillion in value in a month (www.businessinsider.com)

US soldiers have to rewire their brains to learn to fly drones -- it''s not like flying other aircraft (www.businessinsider.com)

More Americans are starting companies. Bobbi Brown and other founders share their best advice. (www.businessinsider.com)

A Meta software engineer shares what it takes to keep up with AI -- without letting it think for him (www.businessinsider.com)

2 brothers built a multimillion-dollar junk removal business with less than 10,000. They explain what it takes to get started and make money. (www.businessinsider.com)

I''m 62 and have raised my grandson while caring for my dying mom alone. I know my life won''t always be like this. (www.businessinsider.com)

The parasite hasn''t stopped corporate America from eating salads (www.businessinsider.com)

Claude Code''s creator has a better way to measure AI success than token burn (www.businessinsider.com)

Mick Jagger has one rule for AI music (www.businessinsider.com)

Trump threatens more tariffs over Canadian wildfire smoke (www.axios.com)

The Senate braces for a House wave (www.axios.com)

Solo dining finds its moment (www.axios.com)

Nancy Mace, Ralph Norman still eyeing run to replace Lindsey Graham despite Trump snub (www.axios.com)

Trump backs Lindsey Graham''s sister in GOP Senate primary (www.axios.com)

Scoop: U.S. sending dozens more refueling planes to Israel ahead of possible escalation (www.axios.com)

Epstein survivors pan Blanche meeting as dismissive, "demoralizing" (www.axios.com)

China just erased America''s AI lead (www.axios.com)

Pro-AI super PAC keeps 31M ready for the midterms (www.axios.com)

Trump''s dark warning on U.S. elections: 4 takeaways (www.axios.com)

Mike Johnson''s government funding gambit (www.axios.com)

Trump threatens TV broadcast licenses after networks skip speech (www.axios.com)

READ: Trump documents allege China interfered in U.S. elections (www.axios.com)

Trump alleges vast conspiracy to commit and cover up election fraud voter files (www.axios.com)

Inside Bibi''s mystery Trump meeting (www.axios.com)

China''s open-weight Kimi model stuns AI world with frontier-level results (www.axios.com)

Some TV networks won''t air Trump''s speech live (www.axios.com)

ICE says all its offices will have body cams in 60 days (www.axios.com)

Fetterman threatens to abandon Democrats (www.axios.com)

White House teleprompter operator investigated over alleged trades on Trump speeches (www.axios.com)

Americans keep spending while "grumbling" about the economy (www.axios.com)

Tillis withholds Blanche vote until AG pick meets Epstein survivors (www.axios.com)

Trump''s deportation push is rewiring American policing, ACLU report says (www.axios.com)

India''s Skyroot launches Vikram-1 in first private orbital rocket mission (reut.rs)

Diver injured in shark attack off Tasmania coast (reut.rs)

Rahm given warning after throwing club (reut.rs)

Iran renews attacks on Gulf states after another night of US strikes (reut.rs)

US military says it completed latest strikes on Iran, marking 7th consecutive night of attacks (reut.rs)

Prosecutors file attempted aggravated murder charges in stabbing of Muslim man in Utah (reut.rs)

DeChambeau gets two-stroke penalty at Open, drops to fifth place (reut.rs)

GEO Group worker arrested in shooting of protester at Colorado ICE facility (reut.rs)

Abbott investigates two separate cyber incidents, says no operations affected (reut.rs)

Western oil companies see ''fantastic'' future in Iraq, sign agreements (reut.rs)

GameStop owns nearly 10% of eBay, SEC filing shows (reut.rs)

Trump administration discloses subpoenas to law firms in fight with US lawyer group (reut.rs)

Top US prosecutor will not dispute DOJ decision to drop Indian tycoon Gautam Adani''s criminal case (reut.rs)

Federal employees can download TikTok on government devices, DOJ says (reut.rs)

Canadian dollar hits one-month high as yield spreads narrow (reut.rs)

Explainer: Why is Canada''s wildfire smoke blanketing parts of North America? (reut.rs)

Cuban dissident artist to go into exile in US after five years in prison (reut.rs)

Meta, Anthropic in talks for potential 10 billion compute lease deal, NYT reports (reut.rs)

Trump administration cannot cancel grants for disfavored causes, US judge rules (reut.rs)

US proposes lease of seabed mining blocks off American Samoa coast (reut.rs)

The people killed by U.S. immigration agents during Trump''s second term (reut.rs)

Senior Merz ally under pressure in Germany over surrogate baby (reut.rs)

France blocks access to Polymarket website (reut.rs)

Priced-out young buyers are looking abroad for their first homes (reut.rs)

Trump wants the US to host another World Cup, but without Mexico and Canada (dlvr.it)

AIPAC drops online donations to Dems who backed Israel aid cut (dlvr.it)

Appeals court strikes down New Jersey’s assault weapons ban, magazine limits (dlvr.it)

Judge rules OMB can’t retroactively nix grants based on new rules (dlvr.it)

We Went to a Yacht Party for the Most Pro-Deportation People in DC (www.politico.com)

Massive health insurance upheaval leaves New Yorkers with big new bills (dlvr.it)

Parent advocates urge Senate panel to subpoena Zuckerberg, Google CEO (dlvr.it)

Newsom''s Silicon Valley dilemma comes to a head: Friend or foe? (dlvr.it)

‘Royal decree for news coverage’: Why Trump’s license threats are different this time (www.politico.com)

Trump blames Canada as wildfire smoke chokes US skies (dlvr.it)

House GOP releases bill to fund government until after the midterm elections (dlvr.it)

DHS secretary vows fines — and even prison time — for election officials that don’t comply (dlvr.it)

Judge rules FEMA CFO’s firing was illegal (dlvr.it)

Alan Dershowitz cancels on House Oversight ahead of planned Epstein interview (dlvr.it)

Trump officials sour on Mullin’s No. 2 — again (www.politico.com)

US hits more bridges in Iran in an expansion of its airstrike campaign (dlvr.it)

Darline Graham is considering running for her brother''s Senate seat in South Carolina (dlvr.it)

California Dems seethe over Trump’s voter roll attack (dlvr.it)

Josh Shapiro goes big for down-ballot Dems (dlvr.it)

Platner is finished. Does the same fate await the out-of-state consultants who recruited him? (dlvr.it)

Israel has had a tough month in the U.S. It’s fighting back. (dlvr.it)

‘Enough is enough’: Virginia’s ‘immovable’ power broker says data centers aren’t unstoppable (dlvr.it)

US to host Women’s World Cup in 2031, says Trump official (dlvr.it)

Donald Trump Can’t Quit the 2020 Election - As Republicans confront a challenging midterm environment, the President can’t stop talking about an election he lost. (www.newyorker.com)

Trump’s Election-Fraud Bait and Switch - The President promised “really, really big news” before his prime-time speech. What he delivered—padded by heavily redacted declassified documents—felt more like Pam Bondi’s bogus Epstein binders than any true revelation. (www.newyorker.com)

Pick Three: Richard Brody on “The Odyssey” and Other Summer Films - The film critic discusses three notable movies of this summer: Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster “The Odyssey,” the quirky comedy “I Love Boosters,” and the personal documentary “Remake.” (www.newyorker.com)

Rahm Emanuel Says Israel’s Path Is “Not Sustainable Politically” - A likely Democratic Presidential candidate says the U.S. must end unconditional support for Israel. Emanuel explains his proposal for Middle East peace, and his position on trans rights. (www.newyorker.com)

Bonus Daily Cartoon: Sirens Calling - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

Daily Cartoon: Friday, July 17th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

Donald Trump’s Ad-Lib Strategy on Iran - The President promised to end what had been a quarter century of forever wars in the Middle East. Now the U.S. is mired in an intractable conflict of his own making. (www.newyorker.com)

Peter Hujar’s Search for Secrets - The photographer’s portraits bring certain truths to the surface. (www.newyorker.com)

How Mudlarking Became London’s Hottest Hobby - Searching for ancient objects in the Thames used to be a niche pastime. Then came Instagram, permits, and a desperate desire for connection with the past. (www.newyorker.com)

Christopher Nolan Has Always Been Making “The Odyssey” - In a starry, stirring adaptation of Homer’s epic, the director’s signature realism grounds, without dispelling, the drama’s emotional and mythological power. (www.newyorker.com)

Paul Thek’s Eclectic Art - Also: Tori Amos with Bartees Strange, the French dancer Hugo Marchand, a play about the House Un-American Activities Committee, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

Bonus Daily Cartoon: Up in Smoke - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, July 16th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

The A.I. Gender Gap Meets the Parenting Gender Gap - Women use A.I. less than men and do more of the cognitive work at home. The A.I. “family assistant” promises to bridge both divides. (www.newyorker.com)

An Idea for Democrats to Keep It Together in 2028 - What if a candidate picked a running mate from another faction of the Party right away, and they ran on a unified vision? (www.newyorker.com)

“Why Would That Help?,” by Diane Williams - How generous his mother was to some people—but was she? (www.newyorker.com)

I Won’t Cry for You, Argentina - The team is headed back to the World Cup final, but one lifelong fan has fallen out of love. (www.newyorker.com)

Who Owns the Odyssey? - The director Christopher Nolan has been accused of “woke-ifying” Homer’s epic. But finding new resonance in ancient texts is part of the art of translation itself. (www.newyorker.com)

The Odyssey 3: IMAXimum Impact - Speak now, muse, of the ministrations of Damon, friend of Affleck and foe of Kimmel, who bravely grew out his beard for a year. (www.newyorker.com)

Can California Actually Make Billionaires Pay? - The architect behind a new initiative saw no path to passing a wealth tax through the legislature. Instead, he’s taking it to California voters, sparking an expensive political fight. (www.newyorker.com)

How Mary Kay Built an Empire Out of Other Women’s Dreams - The founder of the global cosmetics empire feminized the sale of cure-all lotions and potions—and gave the girlboss her first shot of good press. (www.newyorker.com)

Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, July 15th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Leaves the Gods in the Outtakes - The director’s Homer adaptation presents a modern, relatable Odysseus, rather than trying to understand the ancient world on its own terms. (www.newyorker.com)

Naomi Fry’s Favorite Book - Hint: Meryl Streep was in the movie adaptation. (www.newyorker.com)

Can giant space mirrors boost green energy on Earth? A start-up aims to find out (www.nature.com)

Party pooper: grandparents’ COVID risk rose after grandchildren’s birthdays (www.nature.com)

Man’s ability to make sperm restored after testicular tissue transplant: what scientists think (www.nature.com)

Why pain hurts more when we’re lonely, and the myth of original sin: Books in brief (www.nature.com)

Wearable sensors on the face are invisible to the eye (www.nature.com)

Found: a rocky exoplanet with an atmosphere — could it host life? (www.nature.com)

CRISPR gets a power boost from AI-designed ‘molecular scissors’ (www.nature.com)

US politicians push agencies to restrict research collaboration with China (www.nature.com)

‘Explosive diarrhoea’ outbreak grips US: how researchers are hunting its source (www.nature.com)

AI is set to completely transform cybersecurity — here’s how researchers must prepare (www.nature.com)

Will making ‘replication studies’ easier to find help science self-correct? (www.nature.com)

A global capital for AI safety is emerging — and it''s not in Silicon Valley (www.nature.com)

Daily briefing: The battery that could change everything (www.nature.com)

Why do astronauts'' bodies waste away? Space Station study points to mitochondria (www.nature.com)

Biologists pinpoint how common virus triggers multiple sclerosis (www.nature.com)

Doctored data sets could trick AI agents (www.nature.com)

Blue LEDs made from perovskite material shine bright thanks to hydrogen bonds (www.nature.com)

A high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet can feed intestinal tumours (www.nature.com)

Why there needs to be a global debate on inequality (www.nature.com)

How naked mole-rat queens stop rivals reproducing (www.nature.com)

Optical filter sorts light by its ‘quantum statistics’ (www.nature.com)

Nucleotides act as ‘molecular glue’ and can sense their own abundance (www.nature.com)

Improvements in educational opportunities go hand in hand with innovation (www.nature.com)

A brief reminder of the folly of war (Korea edition) (bigthink.com)

2 ways to deradicalize someone (and the 1 that works the best) (bigthink.com)

Ask Ethan: Does Mars’s gravity prohibit human colonization? (bigthink.com)

A philosopher’s guide to thinking for yourself in an age built to think for you (bigthink.com)

Inside the minds of 5 chilling literary psychopaths (bigthink.com)

The harmony Carnie Wilson spent her whole life trying to find (bigthink.com)

The physical Universe isn’t made of pure mathematics alone (bigthink.com)

Who pays the cost when Americans opt out of science? (bigthink.com)

The big reason Einstein would never have used AI (bigthink.com)

2126: The year data will be controlled by citizens, not tech companies (bigthink.com)

Objective reality only exists because other people do (bigthink.com)

99% of a core-collapse supernova’s energy is invisible (bigthink.com)

Big evidence for “second generation” black hole mergers (bigthink.com)

Starts With A Bang podcast #131 – The baryon life cycle (bigthink.com)

“Disclosure Day”: Spielberg’s latest alien film is all mystery, no meaning (bigthink.com)

What you lose when you stop reading physical books (bigthink.com)

Ask Ethan: What sets the size of the observable Universe? (bigthink.com)

The psychology of perversion, revenge, and AI companionship (bigthink.com)

The Opt-Out Nation (bigthink.com)

A universe with no humans: Strange sci-visions of intelligence escaping us (bigthink.com)

Dan Carlin: The two-party system was never the plan (bigthink.com)

The pressures pushing America toward short-term thinking (bigthink.com)

“Live deliberately”: The origin of America’s first philosophy (bigthink.com)

The 221-year-old company that reinvented itself — 4 times (bigthink.com)

Dev Opportunity Radar #8: 100K OpenAI Build Week, 12K AI Fellowship, Founder Residency & Free AI Dev Course (dev.to)

Stratagems #16: Mark Left a Hole in His AI Audit. Lena Counted Every Layer. (dev.to)

Can a Mac Mini Handle 100 Million Rows? (dev.to)

I burned through thousands of AI tokens. Then a friend did it for free (dev.to)

What is an "agentic harness," actually? (dev.to)

What was your win this week!? (dev.to)

Hey DEV, I''m Tobore. Let''s actually connect. (dev.to)

I audited my own AI-generated refactor and found 46 bugs. Here''s what that taught me. (dev.to)